Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been owned by Seminole war chief Osceola (ca. 1803-1838); collected or taken from him by Dr. Jacob Rhett Motte (1811-1868, a U.S. Army surgeon) at Fort Marion (St. Augustine, Florida); acquired by Dr. George Jackson Fisher (1825-1893, an obstetrician and collector in Ossining, New York) in 1848; acquired by the Union Free School, District One, Ossining, New York, in 1894; donated to MAI by the Union Free School in 1960.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Seminole
- Previous owner
- Osceola, Seminole, ca. 1803-1838
- Collector
- Dr. Jacob Rhett Motte, Non-Indian, 1811-1868
- Previous owner
- Dr. Jacob Rhett Motte, Non-Indian, 1811-1868
- Dr. George Jackson Fisher (Dr. G. J. Fisher), Non-Indian, 1825-1893
- Union Free School, District One
- Donor
- Union Free School, District One
- Date created
- 1830-1837
- Object Name
- Man's coat
- Media/Materials
- Deerhide/deerskin, hide thong/babiche, cotton thread
- Techniques
- Stitched, sewn
- Dimensions
- 108 x 61 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
